Johnny Wyrostek

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: July 12, 1919 in Fairmont City, IL us

Died: December 12, 1986 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: Lake View Memorial Gardens, Fairview Heights, IL

High School: Central HS (East St. Louis, IL)

Debut: September 10, 1942 (Age 23-060d, 9,284th in major league history)
vs. PHI 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1954 (Age 35-076d)
vs. NYG 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: John Barney Wyrostek

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.1

4240

1149

.271

525

RBI

481

OBP

.349

SLG

.383

OPS

.731

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CIN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 20	CIN	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 21	CIN	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 22	CIN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 23	CIN		PIT	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 24	CIN		PIT	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	7	Apr 25 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 25 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,10-13	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 27	CIN		CHC	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 28	CIN		CHC	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 29	CIN		STL	W,5-4	CG	52	14.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	12	Apr 30	CIN		STL	L,7-13	CG	51	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	May 2	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	15	May 3	CIN		NYG	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	16	May 5	CIN		NYG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 7	CIN		BSN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
18	18	May 8	CIN		BSN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
19	19	May 9 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,2-14	CG	44	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
20	21 (1)	May 11	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	22	May 12	CIN		BRO	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	23	May 13	CIN		BRO	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	24	May 14	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	25	May 15	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	26	May 16	CIN	@	CHC	W,13-11	CG	47	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	27	May 18	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	28	May 19	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	29	May 20	CIN	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	30	May 22	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	31	May 23	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	32	May 24	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	33	May 26	CIN	@	BSN	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	34	May 28	CIN		CHC	L,8-10	CG	47	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
34	35	May 29	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	36	May 30 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	37	May 30 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	38	May 31 (1)	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	39	May 31 (2)	CIN		STL	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	40	Jun 2	CIN		NYG	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	44 (3)	Jun 6	CIN		BRO	L,0-5	CG	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	45	Jun 8	CIN		BRO	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	46	Jun 9	CIN		PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	47	Jun 11	CIN		PHI	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	48	Jun 12 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	49	Jun 12 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
46	50	Jun 13 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,7-8	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	51	Jun 13 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	52	Jun 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	45	8.2	5	0	1	6	0
49	53	Jun 16	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	4	0	1	5	0
50	54	Jun 17	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	55	Jun 18	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	56	Jun 19	CIN	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	57	Jun 20 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
54	58	Jun 20 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
55	59	Jun 21	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
56	60	Jun 22	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	40	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
57	61	Jun 23	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	62	Jun 25	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	63	Jun 26	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	64	Jun 27	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
61	65	Jun 29	CIN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	55	14.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	66	Jul 1	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
63	67	Jul 2	CIN		STL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	68	Jul 4 (1)	CIN		STL	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	69	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		STL	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
66	70	Jul 5 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	71	Jul 5 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	76 (4)	Jul 10	CIN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	77	Jul 11	CIN	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	78	Jul 15	CIN		BRO	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	79	Jul 16	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	80	Jul 17 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
73	81	Jul 17 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
74	84 (2)	Jul 19	CIN		NYG	L,2-14		31	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	85	Jul 20	CIN		BSN	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
76	86	Jul 21	CIN		BSN	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	87	Jul 23	CIN		PHI	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	88	Jul 24	CIN		PHI	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	89	Jul 25 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,11-8	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	90	Jul 25 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	91	Jul 27	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	97 (5)	Aug 2	CIN	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	98	Aug 3	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	99	Aug 4	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
85	100	Aug 5	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	106 (5)	Aug 13	CIN		CHC	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	107	Aug 15 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	108	Aug 15 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	109	Aug 16	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	110	Aug 17	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
91	113 (2)	Aug 20	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	114	Aug 21	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	115	Aug 22	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-10	CG	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
94	116	Aug 23	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	117	Aug 25	CIN		PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	118	Aug 26	CIN		BRO	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	119	Aug 27	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	121 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	123 (1)	Aug 31	CIN		BSN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	124	Sep 1 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	125	Sep 1 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,1-11	CG	50	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
102	126	Sep 4	CIN		STL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	127	Sep 5	CIN		STL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	128	Sep 6 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	129	Sep 6 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	130	Sep 8	CIN		PIT	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	131	Sep 9	CIN		PIT	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	132	Sep 10	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
109	133	Sep 11	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	134	Sep 12	CIN	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
111	135	Sep 15 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
112	136	Sep 15 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	137	Sep 16	CIN	@	BRO	L,6-12	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
114	138	Sep 17	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	139	Sep 18	CIN	@	NYG	L,7-12	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	140	Sep 19	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
117	141	Sep 21 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
118	142	Sep 21 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
119	143	Sep 22	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
120	144	Sep 23	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
121	145	Sep 24	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
122	146	Sep 25	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-16	CG	50	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
123	147	Sep 26 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
124	148	Sep 26 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	149	Sep 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	150	Sep 29	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
127	151	Sep 30	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
128	152	Oct 1	CIN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	153	Oct 3	CIN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							129gm		1132.1	330	8	8	346	1